... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #2635 PERIOD COVERED: 0000Z (UTC) 05/31/00 - 0000Z (UTC) 06/01/00 Daily Status Report as of 153/0000Z 1.0 OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 8230 (Snapshot Survey of Dynamically Close Galaxy Pairs from z=0.1 to z=0.5) The WF/PC-2 was used to make snapshot survey observations of galactic cluster Gal-Clus-2. ... The observations were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported. ...

... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Mars . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Comet to make close flyby of Red Planet in October 2014 . ... COMETS | ... Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) will make a close approach to Mars in October 2014. ... During the close Mars approach, the comet likely will achieve a total visual magnitude of 0 or brighter, as seen from Mars-based assets. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... Posts tagged ?close? ... For a discipline that relies so heavily on images, it is rather surprising how little use astronomy makes of the vast body of work on image analysis carried out by mathematicians and computer scientists. ... images. ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... General comments . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . upvc windows on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Alfred Inselberg on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The ATMoB is a group of about 300 individuals in the greater Boston area. In addition to telescope making, our club members are involved in star, comet, and planetary observing. ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Tech Meet 2 . ... Page History | ... PmWiki . ... Return to Tech Meet 2 ( Edit ) . ... 1 pixel independent of pixel scale (avoids aliasing of high frequencies in speckled image) . ... ADR & CAH: Optical image quality tolerancing of OAP-based layout . ... ADR & CAH: Layout and tolerancing of lens-based optical system . ... ADR & CAH: Use tolerancing results to assign image quality and stability budgets by component . ... ADR & CAH: Think about how to apportion image quality budget . ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... University at a glance . ... A group of young scientists of Samara University under the guidance of the candidate of chemical sciences Yevgeniy Aleksandrov began to make the most extensive database in the world for the structure and physical properties of crystalline coordination polymers. ... The idea of making a database for coordination polymers already exists in the scientific community of the world. ... SAMARA STATE AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY . ...

... Right: Corresponding scan tracks for the same date ( red ) and previous dates ( blue ), which cover about 2/3 of the map area (the field was completed on June 15). ... The I-GALFA survey area is divided into several fields with different declination ranges. ... By starting each subsequent night at a different position, we can cover the entire map area by ``weaving'' many such tracks together to build up a complete image of the sky brightness at all positions in the field. ...

ACTIONS · EPIC_10/1 on Munoz. ... EPIC_9/2 on Altieri: to provide new CCFs reflecting the current MOS bad pixels. ... Commitment to maintenance. · new portal for calibration : · Capella cross- calibration with Chandra: GRB021004 killed first effort second attempt it went ahead with simultaneous observations EPIC : · See specific calibration talks and Cooling report RGS : · · RGS IDT believes great improvements of wavelength ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Book Store . ... My book has been getting a fair share of positive reviews , but it has now garnered a negative one. I should have expected it: it's from a mailing list about UFOs. ... Note added May 21, 2002 : It was brought to my attention by several people that in the article below, I say that amateur astronomers "never" report UFOs. ... My point remains: if amateurs watch the sky far more than laymen, then they should see far more UFOs. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... The proper procedure to set up the wind baffle and enclosure to be powered by the emergency generator in the event that both commercial and site emergency generator power is lost. ... The enclosure should be open with telescope in an un-stowed position. ... Wind baffle (WB) control power switch ; Location : ?; ... Enclosure power switch box ; Location : ?; ... Change the WB manual pendent connector in WB control box to ALT Axis Brundy, make sure the "pot" is at "000" and the palm switch is depressed...

... Hale-Bopp and Andromeda . ... Which is closer: the comet or the galaxy? ... In its trek through the inner Solar System, Comet Hale-Bopp has passed nearly in front of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), seen on the lower left. ... Presently, for denizens of the Earth's northern hemisphere, this bright comet is certainly a lovely and inspiring sight -- visible here crowning the sky above Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on March 20. ... A comet as bright as Comet Hale-Bopp is very rare indeed. ... The Weather on Mars...

... Copyrightї1997 Bob Yen (byen@ix.netcom.com) (http://www.comet-track.com/hb/hb.html) . ... Information on Comet Hale-Bopp for the Non-Astronomer Hale-Bopp rotates about twice a day (3/14/97) . ... The Comet Observation Home Page was been selected to receive the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of February 2 - 8, 1997 for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web. ... Typically, about 1,000 individual users/computers access this page every day. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... February . ... By admin January 12, 2015 Posted in: Armagh Planetarium . Train to be a space hero at Armagh Planetarium (Image credit: NITB-used with permission) . Armagh Planetarium is pleased to announce that for a week during the Northern Ireland Science Festival Science festival we will help you inspire a would-be astronaut in your classroom! ... Where : Armagh Planetarium . ...

... QC shiftleader page . ... This tool is designed to offer a structured review of the most important web pages for daily QC work. ... In mode -q ("qc_shift"), it offers the sequence of web pages for the QC shiftleader review. ... Local review items (instrument specific) . ... check if currently red scores on HC monitor exist, and if they have comments; entry point for reviewing the HC monitor . ... HC monitor shiftleader . ... URL1 ( one of QC_URL, QCWEB_URL, QCINT_URL, LOCAL ) . ... QCSHIFT_PAGES . ...

... A plot macro is a set of commands that you can execute together by invoking the name of the macro; in effect, it is a plot subroutine. ... You can make a macro in 4 ways: . ... The rule to remember if you do this is that the name of the macro must be the first thing on a line of the file, and should be followed by SM commands. ... Similarly, the right and left arrows advance the cursor one character right and left, respectively. within a line, keys will work just like the history editor . ...

MAKE ME AN ISLAND Different eyes, different size, different girls every day. Different names, different games took my breath clean away. But I'm changed, rearranged, I'm enlightened and how you have caught me, you have taught me and I'm different now. Take me and break me and close all your windows and doors. Shut me off, cut me off, make me an island, I'm yours. Take me away from the world, take me away from the girls. Take me and break me and make me an island, I'm yours. ...

adapted from Observe: Eclipses, published in 1979 by the Astronomical League and "Safe Solar Filters," by B. Ralph Chou, Sky and Telescope, August 1981) . ... Tape TWO pieces of film together into a sandwich, and tape this over the opening in the cardboard. ... The cardboard frame will act as a shade from the bright Sun, while you safely observe through the film sandwich. ... Undeveloped film is not safe. ... tape . ... At the end of one of the tubes, tape the aluminum foil, and make a tiny pinhole. ...

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... Students were asked to complete a questionnaire after the end of the course. ... All students completed the questionnaire. 38% of the students commented that it forced them to thoroughly learn and understand the course material. ... Took lots of thought and made you apply lecture material. 31% of students commented that this exercise forced them to think hard. ... I conclude that the exercise succeeded in making students thoroughly think through and learn the course material. ...